M.Com Part II students – Ms. Ariti Kumari and Ms. Chelcy Cardozo presented a paper at the National Seminar on ‘Financial Services in Digital India: Challenges and Opportunities’ organized by M.E.S. College of Arts & Commerce Zuarinagar, in collaboration with the Directorate of Higher Education, Government of Goa on 7th and 8thFebruary 2020.
The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Manoj S. Kamat, Principal of Shree Mallikarjun College of Arts& Commerce, Canacona Goa. The seminar had 4 technical sessions where students, faculty members and other research scholars presented their research papers; in total 14 papers were presented.
The Resource Person for Technical Session One was Dr. N. M Champagi, who briefed students on different tools and techniques which can be used to analyze data. Day 1 concluded with a panel discussion, where members spoke about the challenges and opportunities of financial services in Digital India.
The theme for Session 3 was Digital Payment Platform. Three papers were presented for the session. For the 4th technical session the theme was Issues of Digital India in Financial Services Sector. There were altogether five papers that were presented for this session.
Ms. Ariti Kumari and Ms. Chelcy Cardozo presented a paper on the topic ‘Digitization: Opportunities and Challenges’. The objective of the paper was to analyze the Challenges and Opportunities of Digitization among the people of South Goa. The study aimed at exploring the challenges faced by employees, customers, retailers and opportunities available. The data was collected by a well-structured questionnaire. A survey was conducted with a sample of 100 respondents. The results showed that there is growth and opportunity in Digitization.
The Chief Guest for the valedictory session was Dr. Manasvi Kamat.